Glad Jenrick has been booted out in disgrace, rather than being able to saunter over to Reform whenever he felt it would benefit him most. But honest to god. These dismal, dismal people. All conniving to screw the county over for their own power and enrichment. Repulsively corrupt and inadequate.

So no detoxification after all. Just under six hours of it looking vaguely possible. Rather like the gap between Sunak’s acceptance speech & his appointment of Braverman to the Home Office.

Key question for Farage. There’s nothing new, reforming or anti-establishment about Reform. Exactly the same people, corruption, uselessness and racism just sidling over to the Reform/Tory recycling bin. And he’ll never fix the mess the Tories made because they made it for Farage. He is the mess.

Robert Jenrick: an apology. thecritic.co.uk/fran...

The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.

Letters to the Times on Jenrick’s defection to Reform. They are very much not impressed. And make the point that switching parties without triggering a by-election is not democratic. So he can shove his bullshit sense of ‘public duty’ where the sun don’t shine. Or take his choice to the voters.

As there is always a tweet, it’s worth keeping this receipt too… Of course, as Reform morphs into the failed, corrupt, nasty and useless Tory party, Farage won’t need to do a deal at all. Voters will look from Tory to Reform and Reform to Tory; but it will be impossible to say which is which.

Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"

Europe having to perform military exercises against their primary threat, the United States.

The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar. “There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...

i am not a fan of the source but. I have heard this twice now and am going to follow up on it... anyone here know anything?

Mahmood and Starmer's culture war over Maccabi, conflating public safety with antisemitism, exposed on #GMB by a British Jew James Schneider, "This was presented as a ban on Jewish football fans" "I'm a Jewish football fan" "I was not banned from going to the game if I could have got a ticket"

“No reply” – a letter to Rachel Reeves A look into the unanswered letter sent to Rachel Reeves in response to recent trade agreements with Saudi Arabia, highlighting concerns around human rights northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...

I fixed it for you.

You boy - here’s a shilling! Run over to the back of CCHQ - go through their bins and bring me their broken throw-outs for recycling. They may be as broken and rotten as you like - I’ve found very ready and gullible customers for such despoiled goods.

Stormzy's parents just shared a little video of his journey home. To say I am proud of him is an understatement

She is one of the nicest dogs I've ever met. Not a bad bone in her body. Nobody deserves this more than Sienna

She is starting to settle in nicely now 🤎

Stormzy was very unsure about stairs in his new house. Absolutely no bother to him now! You love to see it!!

Acting against X and Musk looks like the biggest open goal for Keir Starmer it's possible to imagine

"[Farage's] presence felt like constant noise. The persona he had adopted was destructive and intolerant of anything non-British. He wasn’t very good at anything – no great orator, charismatic, or engaging. Being vitriolic was the only way he’d get noticed." So, he was then *exactly* who he is now.

Labour can extend this beyond X and start going after Reform politicians making money from the site. "Will Farage give back the money he made from this sex offender site?" Etc...

There it is. Farage and Reform would end our NHS. Millions of people could not afford to be ill under a Reform government.

And Farage claims that proper Brexit has never been done and threatens to rip up any attempts to fix to this barrelling shitshow… FGS, UK. Let’s just admit this epic mistake/con and bin off all those who demanded we screw ourselves over like this.

So this is what Farage wants to do with his precious Brexit ‘sovereignty’: sell out our NHS to Trump’s America and grub for power in the misery of its collapse. Such a cynical, malignant politician. Happy to lie to our faces, weaken our rights and break what we value, if it enriches him. (iPaper)

You can’t get the Brexit people voted for because it doesn’t exist. It was a con. A prejudiced, arrogant fantasy created by a cynical campaign of dishonesty. This is however the relentless, tedious Brexit reality. An ongoing national scandal. A betrayal of a country by its politicians and media.

And here we are: the entire transatlantic alliance is now talking about Greenland, instead of talking about ending the war in Ukraine.

"The flag acts as a warning sign: a silent message. It makes you more vigilant…you go into a house with a flag, you have to prepare emotionally for the possibility of racism or rejection” This is Farage’s ‘patriotism’ in action. It’s not pride. It’s intimidation. liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/ful...

And it is a shedload ! (Info c/o @bearlypolitics.co.uk )

Everyone knows I’ve been very critical of the Labour government over numerous subjects, however, I have to acknowledge that there are individual ministers who do manage some good work. This is a great opportunity for individual MPs and ministers to do some good.

We built the internet, fed it outrage, monetised the mess. Now a digital Cthulhu is staring back at us whispering: “No regulation, go away, fuck off.” Anyway. This is why everything online feels so grim now.

So much of UK Politics can be summed up with: "If you don't know the context, this sounds ridiculous. If you know the context, you know it's actually also bigoted cruelty."

Yes, but how hard was Musk sneering in the background and acting like a petulant incel when this statement was being made?

I cannot describe just how incredibly angry I am about this. Streeting needs to own the consequences of his decisions and stop the faux shock that this is a mess of his own creation. For fuck’s sake.

That we were, for a very large part running with understaffed and exhausted and demoralised teams, and that without investment, never mind cuts, we would get to the point where we would slide back. Which is what has happened. And now we’re being accused of cutting too deeply?!

Reading in the HSJ this morning that “Streeting accuses trusts and ICBs of seeking to cut deficits too sharply” is probably the closest I’ve come an apoplectic stroke in my life.

He just got lucky. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Massive Russian cyberattack silences whistleblower's plans to uncover ICE: report www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-2...

It was always going to be the logical strategic response to Trump’s threats. @lbc.co.uk @mrjamesob.bsky.social 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

NASA astronauts begin 'bittersweet' medical evacuation from space station. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Can’t claim to be opera expert but those who are agree my friend Ermonela Jaho is the greatest soprano in the world! Brilliant in La Traviata at @royaloperahouse.bsky.social tonight. Totally wrung out afterwards. Phenomenal the energy she puts into it. A voice to die for. And a lovely person

Why did he put the money into a Qatari bank account instead of the US Treasury?

Elon Musk is still lying.

Verizon is having problems nationwide!

Once someone notices that, despite a ban on "wiring money out of the country", very rich people in the US are moving their investments/cash to foreign countries, you can bet your last penny there'll be a massive downward spiral for everyone else.

Moment NASA astronauts undock from space station. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

This from Rachel Reeves who committed £bns to Sizewell C knowing costs had doubled to £40bn & dumped cost overruns on bill/taxpayers "We are learning lessons from HS2 which is a byword for a disastrous project which is massively over budget...because of cost overruns" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Germany joins European partners with troop deployment to Greenland - www.reuters.com/world/europe...